It makes sense for a hardware vendor to have their own distro. That's the only way they can make sure that everything works seamlessly. Just think, if you put Ubuntu on your laptops and then Canonical do something that breaks your compatibility. It would be a major support nightmare.
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Never trust the OS that ships with a device. Wipe it, format the disk, and pray that they don't have a backdoor at the bios level.
Basically true. Heads people say you should also reflash the Bios